My Name is Nathaniel Telemaque. I’m the new Senate House Library Intern/ Archival Researcher appointed to the Layers of London team. Usually, you’ll find me in the Senate House Library, tucked away in the special collections, in-between never-ending bookshelves or perhaps at a humble desk with...

Calling groups, individuals and organisations in South London interested in their local heritage.
Come to our #getmapping event to meet other groups in the area, learn about the Layers of London project and our free resources, training, volunteer management. We work with many groups all...

My name is Sarah Jones, and I head up the geomatics team at MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology). On a daily basis I deal with all kinds of high-quality survey, spatial, and location data recording the many historic buildings and archaeological sites we wo...

Haringey First World War Peace Forum https://hfwwpf.wordpress.com/ have worked on the project since its inception and have helped shape and develop the website and Layers of London programme.
They use Layers of London to publish and map their f...

Want to help preserve little known histories in your local area? Are you the kind of person who knows everyone from the local shopkeeper to the manager of the local youth centre? Do you perform or manage community ambassador roles currently? We need your help engaging London with L...

We have a fantastic volunteer opportunity in collaboration with Havering Museum; applications open now!
Help us to add fascinating stories, histories and memories about Havering borough onto the Layers of London map-based...

Hi! I’m Mia, a student volunteer for the project ‘The History of the High Street’ run by Bexley Archives. This project actively engages research into the past of the High Street in Bexleyheath Broadway and Sidcup. When starting this project, I was interested in seeing how the High Street has ...

Hi I’m Lara and I’m currently working on a student placement with Layers of London!
Since moving to the East End to study history two years ago I have become smitten with the wonderfully diverse, history, culture and individuals of the area (and, of course, the 24hour bagel shops). Ther...

Helping with Layers of London proved to be such an exciting experience. I’ve spent the last 20 years of my life sitting behind a desk being told what to do. Fortunately, I managed to develop strong academic background knowledge but – except a very few short-term volunteering experiences – it w...

This pamphlet is part of the Ron Heisler collection in Senate House and has been digitised by their special collections team, copyright of the pamphlet is held by its original creators Clare Manifold for the Rights of Women group and was originally created in 1979.
One of the research l...

Thamesmead's Tumps
I signed up to start georeferencing the RAF 1940s photographs of the Barking and Dagenham area with great glee. Comparing old and present-day maps is something I’ve always found fascinating (check out maps.nls.uk), so I jumped at the chance to be inv...

The website is being re-launched in June with extra map overlays, more user-friendly features, a new aesthetic and taking into account all of the comments, suggestions and feedback from users so far! Come and learn how the website has changed.

This year marks the 150th anniversary of women being admitted to the University of London, the first time in Britain that women had gained access to university education.
Throughout 2018 the University is celebrating this with a range of events and activities, through their

We are looking for help in Barking and Dagenham; do you want to help preserve memories and stories of Barking and Dagenham? Do you want to learn how to use scanning and photography equipment to digitise objects/photographs/documents/stories? Would you enjoy meeting people and hearing their...

Each year, at IES Abroad London, I teach a history of London course. My students are first-year undergraduates from Skidmore College, a liberal arts college in Saratoga Springs, New York State. The course is designed so that students learn to...

This week we welcomed our new Public Engagement Officer to the team. Amy will be working with schools, community groups and volunteers to promote the project alongside the Volunteer Co-ordinator who will be starting work on the project shortly...

One of the current activities of the Layers of London project is to explore the local partnerships that can be created to bring together a community of people who can test the Layers website as it develops and then start adding content in the form of images, film- and sound-c...

One of the rewarding parts of working on the Layers of London project so far has been having the opportunity to visit archives and libraries around London particularly those that may not be so well known.
Arup is the internationally renowned architecture and civil engineering firm respo...